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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1963
Page
1
The note mentions Charles Williams and Janes Hammond as cochairmen of this year’s activities. A fundraising drive targeting $69,900 started Monday and will run through November 2.
Ginny a massive storm with 80 mph winds bears down on the Florida east coast prompting gale warnings from Jacksonville to Palm Beach. Forecasters expect landfall inland before midnight as the Red Cross mobilizes disaster workers and tides could flood oceanfront hotels.
Reports say the United States may approve a 40 000 ton corn sale to Hungary as Soviet buyers confer with U S officials. If confirmed, it would be the first sale closed with an Iron Curtain nation since Kennedy approved subsidized farm exports to the Soviet bloc. The shipping cost dispute over wheat remains, but corn is exempt from the USS shipping rule.
Fog over Frankfurt forced diversion of five large transports from Exercise Big Lift as the U S moves 2nd Armored Division to Europe. Rhein Main Air Base closed seven hours then resumed operations with some planes rerouted to Ramstein and Mildenhall. U S officials pledged no troop withdrawal in Europe amid fears.
C K Danner McLean retires after 45 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Allan Batley, 89, comes from Lock Haven as his replacement and arrives with 12 PRR years of service. Batley and his family plan to move into a Marion street home in Corry after settling in.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will declare in West Germany there is no plan to withdraw the United States 250000 troops in Europe. The statement counters German concern over a large airlift and possible future reductions while noting no immediate troop reductions. Rusk will attend a meeting of American ambassadors in Europe and open a memorial for George Marshall in Frankfurt.
In SAXLUN PA a drought forces Tussey Mountain Schools to halve day sessions and close cafeterias to save water. Saxton bottling firm and laundromat shut two days weekly. Cambria County residents in Bakerton asked to bring drinking water until newly drilled wells pass purity tests.
Corry chapter of the American Red Cross thanked Corry citizens for their generous clothing drive response. Clifford Taylor led the meeting at the Cory YMCA with 12 attendees. The Postal Service planned a 5 cent stamp issue on October 29 to mark the Red Cross centennial with officials Kenney and Gronouski participating.
Five people were killed on the Jadotville Elisabethville highway. Katanga gendarmie, the regional police force linked to Moise Tshombo's secessionist movement, have been arrested after the ambush.
London AP reports Britain's new prime minister elect, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, renounced four Scottish and English titles after becoming a commoner. The act ends his long aristocratic lineage, denying him a seat in Parliament until he wins a special election to join the House of Commons.
Final plans outline the annual UNICEF house-to-house drive in Carry to start at 6 40 p m with Rev Walter Thoms as chair. Coordinators include Iain Smith Wilbur Rickers and several church groups and PTAs coordinating pickups and a post patrol safety check by Corry Civil Defense to ensure orderly conduct.
The United States opened a probe into an early Tuesday strafing of the Liberian-flagged carrier J Louis near Cuba. The 33 000-ton ship, carrying 91 500 tons of bauxite ore from Jamaica to Corpus Christi, sustained damage but no casualties. Cuban exiles were suspected to have engaged in the incident during a clash of coast defenses. The State Department said it would consider a protest.
Chicago public schools faced a massive boycott with about 225 thousand of 470 thousand pupils absent amid protests against de facto segregation and Superintendent Willis. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 demonstrated at City Hall and Board of Education offices, halting rush hour traffic. Willis had earlier resigned over board interference, a move the board rejected before agreeing to a partial reconcilio.
Five Corry area people were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital after mishaps yesterday and last night. A 7 year old girl fell from a swing injuring her left wrist. a 24 year old man sustained a contusion to his right hand. a 2 year old boy suffered a scalp laceration. a 4 year old girl had a foreign body in her left eye from a wood piece. a 3 year old boy had a scalp laceration. All were released after treatment.
A 24 hour nationwide rail strike disrupted France as workers on state lines pressed for higher wages and other benefits. By dawn most long distance and suburban trains were halted while the government seeks to hold inflation in check.
A ferry crowded with schoolchildren sank off Seoul killing 49 and injuring many. Police said 12 adults and 37 children drowned with 9 rescued. the vessel carried about 187 passengers, mainly students from Anyang. The disaster followed another fatal ferry episode earlier in the year in South Korea.
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